COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations - We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis

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¹ European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Georgetown University Medstar Hospital, Washington DC, USA; Infectious Disease Society of America, IDSA, Arlington, USA.
³ National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service and University of Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ New York State Department of Health, The Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, Slingerlands, New York, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, USA; International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA.
⁵ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.
⁶ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁷ Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁸ Clinical Research Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.
⁹ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas, Pereira, Colombia.
¹⁰ Centre d'Entomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire, CEMV - Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹¹ Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
¹² International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA; Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Translational Research Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA; National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
¹⁴ International Society of Travel Medicine, ISTM, Atlanta, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Travel Medicine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, USA.

PMID: 33482380
PMCID: PMC7817399
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.039

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COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations - We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis

Eskild Petersen et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Mar.

. 2021 Mar:104:175-177.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.039. Epub 2021 Jan 20.

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¹ European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ESCMID, Basel, Switzerland; Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark; International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
² Department of Medicine and Infectious Disease, Georgetown University Medstar Hospital, Washington DC, USA; Infectious Disease Society of America, IDSA, Arlington, USA.
³ National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service and University of Pretoria, South Africa.
⁴ New York State Department of Health, The Arbovirus Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, Slingerlands, New York, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, USA; International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA.
⁵ Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Health, Oman.
⁶ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁷ Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Goes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁸ Clinical Research Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; Department of Global Health, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.
⁹ Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia; Grupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas, Pereira, Colombia.
¹⁰ Centre d'Entomologie Médicale et Vétérinaire, CEMV - Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire.
¹¹ Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.
¹² International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA; Department of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Translational Research Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
¹³ International Society for Infectious Diseases, ISID, Boston, USA; National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
¹⁴ International Society of Travel Medicine, ISTM, Atlanta, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Travel Medicine Center, Division of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, USA.

PMID: 33482380
PMCID: PMC7817399
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.01.039

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Petersen E, Lucey D, Blumberg L, Kramer LD, Al-Abri S, Lee SS, Pinto TCA, Obiero CW, Rodriguez-Morales AJ, Yapi R, Abubakar A, Tambyah PA, Holmes A, Chen LH. Petersen E, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;105:409-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.02.076. Epub 2021 Feb 24. Int J Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 33639296 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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